International Actionday 14th of November

What´s going on at the 14th of November? There is a call for a General
Strike in several countries and the security services gave a foretaste
in the last weeks what they think about it.
The radical left in Europe has only one month left to consider something
how to operate in this day
also in the countries where no general strike takes place.

The unions in Portugal, Spain and Greece announce now a general strike
for this day. There is also a discussion in Italy, France and Belgium
about strikes.

At the 15th of September thousands of people protested against the
reduction policy of the portuguese government. The police protected the
parliament in Lisbon. Stones where thrown and there were arrests.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3dwDatTAc

On the 29th of September also the protesters in Madrid had enough after
they were beaten up for several days at peaceful protests in front of
the Congreso . They fought back against the feared intervention units of
the Policia Nacional.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXUah6ZNC8

On the 18th of October the well known image of Athens. The police
protects the parliament from an outraged crowd and the general strike
ended one time again with teargas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tXXaRaeUt4

In Europe the people have enough of the politics of the oppressors, the
resistance is formating itself regardless about identities. When at the
14th of November striking workers and employees, pensioners,students
and autonomous in Lisbon, Madrid and Athens will march in front of the
parliaments of their so called democracys, there will be injuries and
arrests. We shouldn´t leave the people there alone but show them that
also in the countries wich are the winners of the crisis the policy of
the EU has enemies. Because of this we want to take the call of the
European Federation of Trade Unions literally.

About the role of the unions and the sense of strikes also others have made up some thoughts: